Alan Fairweather Two Sure-fire Tips to Excel in 2014.........
When I left school and started looking for a job, I was repeatedly told - ‘It’s a bad time to find a job.’ It was and it took
time and effort. When I decided to find a job in sales; I was repeatedly told, ‘It’s a bad time to find a job in sales.’ It
was and it took time and effort. When I decided to start my own business in 1993; I was told; ‘It’s a bad time to start a
new business.’ It was and it took time and lots of effort.
When has it ever been a good time to find a job, or start a business, or find new customers, or sell more of your
product or service? 2014 will be a challenge for many people and many businesses.
So, if you want to excel in 2014, then what you need is BRAIN ENERGY and BODY ENERGY!
- Build your Brain Energy.
Imagine you’ve been rejected for a bank loan or turned down for promotion or a potential
customer has rejected your proposal.
If you reacted with, ‘Oh no, not again; these people are a real pain! They’re making a big
mistake. What am I going to do now?’
This sort of reaction drains your brain of energy; it adds to stress levels and destroys self-
motivation.
Get the thinking part of your brain working and say to yourself:
‘I’ll make an appointment today with a better bank’
‘I’ll show my employer how good I really am or I’ll find a new job’
‘I’ll phone the next potential customer on my list right now’
Your level of success is a direct result of how you talk to yourself. Listen to the self-talk that goes on in your head
and ask: ‘Is what I’m saying allowing me to be confident, on top and going for it?’ If so – great! or Is it holding me
back and stopping me from achieving my goals?’
If this is the case – STOP IT, change the program! Talk to yourself in a positive way, that’s what your subconscious
will focus on and you’ll have lots of brain energy- Build your Body Energy
If we eat too much or eat the wrong things, smoke too much or drink too much alcohol, then our body is in danger
of breaking down.
If you want more body energy, then you’re going to have to do some exercise. If you do
more exercise, you will have more energy.
You may think you don’t have the time. You may also be the type that doesn’t want to go
to the gym and lift heavy things or leap about in an aerobics class; however, you need to
take some exercise that makes you sweat a little.
Start to think how you can make your exercise enjoyable. Don’t try and kill yourself on a
bike or a rowing machine. If that’s your thing then fine, but please don’t make it a chore,
plug into the sound system and catch up with what’s on TV.
If you’re not into exercise, then ensure you have other activities outside of your workplace and make them fun.
Too many people are going home and slumping in front of the TV. Successful people don’t do that.
"Look after your Body and Brain and you will excel in 2014"
Alan Fairweather, The Motivation Doctor is an international speaker based in the United
Kingdom yet often overseas with clients in Singapore, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia and the
Philippines. He has authored three successful books on sales, management and leadership.
Connect with Alan at http://www.themotivationdoctor.com | [email protected]